BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Charles Stenner Track Of The Week – 28/01/23

With the future of BBC Music Introducing making waves in the news as it’s fate seems to be in the balance (take a look at Tom Robinson’s website for more on that and fill in the survey if you can) I was back on air across the Channel Islands for my first show of 2023...

Vale Earth Fair 2022 – Vale Castle – 28/08/22

Now in it’s 46th year, and after a couple of disrupted, if not cancelled, years because of you know what, the Vale Earth Fair was back with a full set of visiting artists, along with plenty from Guernsey, on Sunday 28th August 2022 at the Vale Castle. My day started with the opening act on...

July 2022 Playlist

Its a bumper update this month despite (or possibly because of) being laid up with you know what for part of it, if you want to just go and listen then click here to head to Spotify. Chaos happened at the tail end of last month so gets reflected here with the new one from...

Chaos 17 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 24-26/06/22

Following a year off for the obvious reasons in 2020 and then a shortened event in 2021 the celebration of bands, bikes and booze (in different orders for different people) that is Chaos returned at full strength for this 17th happening over the last weekend of June in 2022. Day One As is fairly usual...

Vale Earth Fair Fundraiser with The Honest Crooks, Skyscrapers, Kiya Ashton, Dan Guilbert and Mickey Haimes – The Fermain Tavern – 27/06/20

After the return of live music the previous weekend the Vale Earth Fair staged their first event of the summer, with this assistance of The Honest Crooks, at The Fermain Tavern on Saturday 27th June 2020. For this they presented a varied night of music that captured something of the spirit of the Earth Fair...

Sound At St James 2 – St James Concert Hall – 22/02/20

The first Sound At St James festival, a little under a year and a half ago, marked something of a relaunch of St James (or at least the perception of it) as a venue for more than classical music and rather staid, traditional entertainment. Since then a range of new live music events, as well...

December 2019 and Best of 2019 Playlists

As with last year's December playlist blog I've got two in one this month with my usual monthly update and a more focussed 'best of the year' including some of my favourite new tracks from 2019 (you can also find one focussing on music from the Channel Islands on my review of the year blog...

Music in Guernsey in 2019

After a couple of years where music in Guernsey had upped its game, across the board, to a level that continues to surprise many visitors to the island, or those who hear Guernsey based bands when they venture away, 2019 has had to me a slightly different feel. While the quality of music certainly hasn't...

The Honest Crooks Christmas Party – The Fermain Tavern – 21/12/19

After missing a couple of other Christmas gigs for a few reasons I headed out to the last of the bigger ones on the weekend before the big day as ska band The Honest Crooks took over The Fermain Tavern for their festive bash. It was my first time heading into the Tavern in quite...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands – September 2019 – Nick Coleman and Coastal Fire Dept

Click here to listen to the show For my edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands for September 2019 I featured two up and coming acts from Guernsey with rather different styles. In session was Nick Coleman who's made a name for himself as a solo artist over the last few years but...